By Janice Raymond — The first installment of a two-part series investigates the brutality and rampant misogyny that the Philippines president has visited upon his country.
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Author Jonathan Taplin joins Truthdig Editor in Chief Robert Scheer and his team on Thursday, May 4, at 1 p.m. PDT / 4 p.m. EDT, to discuss how tech giants like Google, Facebook and Amazon are destroying privacy rights.
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By Jon Queally / Common Dreams —
Journalist Glenn Greenwald and WikiLeaks responded quickly on Twitter to Comey’s testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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By Medea Benjamin —
Voting a country notorious for its poor treatment of women onto a United Nations commission to promote female empowerment is the height of hypocrisy.
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By Robert Reich / RobertReich.org —
The president has ordered a rollback of Wall Street regulations, including the Dodd-Frank Act, passed in 2010 to prevent another too-big-to-fail banking crisis.
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By Alex Kirby / Climate News Network —
A new study provides evidence that people are capable of radically altering the world, offering hope in the face of climate change.
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By Juan Cole / Informed Comment —
In Washington, D.C., you’re supposed to dis the “bad” ones and praise the “good” ones as strong allies. But the president just seems to like them all.
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The author and editor led a life of letters and ideas that ranged from her tenure at the helm of the Paris Review to her recent study of mid-20th century Los Angeles to her classic take on model Edie Sedgwick.
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By Nomi Prins / TomDispatch —
Donald Trump and his family continue to create an unprecedented role for themselves, reimagining the White House as the newest branch of the clan’s imperial business domain.
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By Emma Niles — The California Democrat attended a fundraising event held by a big-pharma lobbying firm a week after constituents booed her stance on single-payer health care. (Pictured, a protester at a Feinstein event in February.)
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By Joseph Torres / FreePress —
President Trump’s playbook to curb free speech and silence dissenting voices goes far beyond his Twitter rants and attacks on the press. (Pictured, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai.)
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The Truthdig columnist and the painter-sculptor discuss the role of artist as prophet.
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By Marshall Allen / ProPublica —
Every year nursing homes nationwide flush, burn or throw out tons of valuable prescription medications.
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By Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNet —
It’s become the new abnormal: Trump’s decrees, accusations and posturing; his transparent lies, threats and reversals. Then comes the cleanup crew, the White House propagandists, pretending he’s serious.
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